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Post by Aceorton on Feb 25, 2022 11:17:52 GMT -5
The most blatant Road Warriors rip off was Rock (Ultimate Warrior) and Sting as The Blade Runners. Down to the dystopian movie title. Warrior himself in the WWF was more of a Road Warrior ripoff than Demolition, IMO. Demolition could work with pretty much any team on the card. Warrior needed special handling and, with a few exceptions where extremely competent workers carried him and/or the match was scripted, was featured best in short matches where he just ran in like a bull and clotheslined and shoulder-tackled people.
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Post by johnnyk9 on Feb 25, 2022 13:28:52 GMT -5
I never got it Powers Of Pain I could definitely see
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Feb 25, 2022 15:07:23 GMT -5
I never cared about the comparisons when I was a kid. All I wanted to see was them fight in dream matches because of seeing them in pwi magazine.
To me, it's like coca cola, Pepsi and rc cola. I'll drink any of them because I liked them all.
I liked the road warriors, demolition and the powers of pain and I'd watch them all.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Feb 25, 2022 16:08:52 GMT -5
I would call them inspired by rather than a rip off.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Feb 25, 2022 16:29:12 GMT -5
Yeah I don't think Demolition was a rip off. The Renegade was a rip off. Demolition just had that dystopian look that was inspired in part by the Road Warriors. But they weren't booked the same at all. Their squashes weren't as frantic. The were colder and more calculating. And if you were trying to have your own Road Warriors in 1987, why make them heels for damn near two years to start?
Saying Demolition is a rip off of the Road Warriors is like saying Bill Goldberg is a rip off of Steve Austin.
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Post by repomark on Mar 1, 2022 6:34:06 GMT -5
It’s one of these that I never really gave much significance to. I liked both, and was happy for both to exist rip off or not.
In a similar way, it’s how I view Oasis. They lifted a lot from the Beatles sure, but still made new furniture from old wood.
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Post by johnmena on Mar 1, 2022 7:36:03 GMT -5
Although similar looking and sounding,I don't think demolition are a road warriors rip off.
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Post by ppl591 on Mar 1, 2022 11:11:14 GMT -5
As a kid where I lived NWA wasn't exactly easy to watch so I didn't start with wcw until black scorpion days and I believe the Road Warriors were already in the WWF so to me they were the ripoffs and as a huge demolition fan I despised LOD.
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Post by msc on Mar 1, 2022 11:45:15 GMT -5
One of these things when, yeah, sure Demolition had similarities and were probably set up to be the WWF's Road Warriors, but Ax and Smash took that and became such a different team. Different types of matches entirely.
And even if they were spot on, in a world where Ric Flair, Stone Cold, JBL and the flipping Honky Tonk Man are in the HOF, I don't see why Demolition starting off as LOD-lite before Eadie and Darsow put their mark on the gimmick is forever held against them.
Will LA Knight be snubbed because his entire promo game is lifted straight from The Rock?
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